The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 41806 |
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... fays he , ( in a pleasant Simile addreffed to his Friend's pro- feffion ) " Of all mad creatures , if the learn❜d are right , It is the flaver kills , and not the bite . " And how abject and exceffive the flattery of these creatures ...
... fays he , ( in a pleasant Simile addreffed to his Friend's pro- feffion ) " Of all mad creatures , if the learn❜d are right , It is the flaver kills , and not the bite . " And how abject and exceffive the flattery of these creatures ...
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... fays , Sat. ix . v . 221. I have nothing to do with Chape- lain's honour , or candour , or civility , or complaifance ; but , if you hold him up as a model of good writing , and as the king of authors , " Ma bile alors s'echauffe , et ...
... fays , Sat. ix . v . 221. I have nothing to do with Chape- lain's honour , or candour , or civility , or complaifance ; but , if you hold him up as a model of good writing , and as the king of authors , " Ma bile alors s'echauffe , et ...
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... fays in jeft , and with his usual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved that a reader seldom perufes a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair inan , of a mild or choleric difpofition ...
... fays in jeft , and with his usual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved that a reader seldom perufes a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair inan , of a mild or choleric difpofition ...
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... fays , his fole motive for writing was " neceffity . " It can- not be faid , that it is cruel to " wifh a man a dinner , " who profeffes he writes to get one . A few more words concerning this obfcure writer , may not be unacceptable ...
... fays , his fole motive for writing was " neceffity . " It can- not be faid , that it is cruel to " wifh a man a dinner , " who profeffes he writes to get one . A few more words concerning this obfcure writer , may not be unacceptable ...
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... fays my author , he quited the converfe of men , threw himself into the thickeft of a foreft , and wore out the wretched remainder of his life in all the agonies of defpair . WARBURTON . VER . 164. flabing Bentley ] This great man ...
... fays my author , he quited the converfe of men , threw himself into the thickeft of a foreft , and wore out the wretched remainder of his life in all the agonies of defpair . WARBURTON . VER . 164. flabing Bentley ] This great man ...
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Page 93 - There my Retreat, the best Companions grace, Chiefs out of War, and Statesmen out of Place. There ST JOHN mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul. And HE, whose Lightning pierc'd th...
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Page 21 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Page 413 - His similes are like pictures, where the principal figure has not only its proportion given agreeable to the original, but is also set off with occasional ornaments and prospects.
Page 215 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
Page 11 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 89 - What? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen, Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting, to defend her cause, Lights of the Church, or guardians of the laws ? no Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis
Page 353 - I touch thee ! but with honest zeal, To rouse the watchmen of the public weal, To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, And goad the prelate, slumbering in his stall.
Page 15 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 20 - It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent: Alas! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred...